The platform clearly wields significant soft power, and that should probably be acknowledged. They are laying some of their cards bare here, but what I find fu

The platform clearly wields significant soft power, and that should probably be acknowledged. They are laying some of their cards bare here, but what I find funny is that if the president doesn't use Twitter, Instagram or Facebook as the dominant way to promote their message, they're not under the thumb of those platforms either. Just like ordinary people aren't under the influence of social medias manipulation (intentional or not) if they just don't use the platform. We all willingly hand over that power to the platforms.